DEC VRE01-AA Plasma screen monitor

Ok Dittmann got away with it for about half the usual price. I hope he lives in a cold state as these things generate a heck of a lot of heat! But they are the geekiest screens I have ever owned. And theres a big real estate to cover in mono! Real gorgeous and an attention getter every time. I was told these thingys cost 20 k when new ....in 91! I wonder who other than the INS bought them. There were quite a few made and there are still plenty around. I hope we can get a group together to make them work on X! I did, some years ago and I still have the xf86config file. It has to be on a sync-on-green video card, of course: Matrox millenium (or mystique?) I forget. There are others. But after that I got into incorrectible trouble: In regular svga --8bpp it throws a moir? on dithered screens of 1000x800 more or less. Ugly. Too d....bad! I gave up on them. I could never figure why. Later on I wondered: Has anyone tried -bpp2, 4 or 6? In xinitrc or startx --bppnnn? I wish I could use mine better than as dumb decscreens on a vaxserver or as a mono std out on my netbsd VAX.What a waste of beautiful technology! Think of the cockpit simulators one could do with that glowing thing! Fred ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For those that might be interested in it, there's a VRE01-AA on eBay right now with a 'buy-it-now' price of $100. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011589633 As usual, I have no connection with the auction, I'm just passing the info on in case anyone here is interested. Jeff -- Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.cchaven.com http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757